Nafij Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Nafij Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 210 | 1:3,652,692 | 102,297 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Nafij (1,825) may also be a first name.
Nafij Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nafij Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nafij (Hindi: नफीज, Marathi: नफीज, Oriya: ନଫିଜ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nafij? popularity and diffusion
Nafij is the 1,067,497th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. Nafij is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Nafij are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 178,629th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,825 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 3,652,692. In India Nafij is mostly concentrated in: Uttar Pradesh, where 43 percent live, Telangana, where 25 percent live and Bihar, where 24 percent live. Beside India Nafij occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 4 percent live and Bangladesh, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nafij Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nafij in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଫିଜ | naphija | - |
| Nafij in the Hindi language | ||
| नफीज | naphija | 95.82 |
| नफ़िज | nafija | 0.63 |
| नफ़ीज | nafija | 0.21 |
| Nafij in the Marathi language | ||
| नफीज | naphija | 56 |
| नािफज | naiphaja | 36 |
| नािजया | naijaya | 4 |
| नवी | navi | 4 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nafij
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